Plenary Session and Committee Meetings - Brussels

MEPs are scheduled to debate and vote on a package of legislation aimed at improving the EU's macroeconomic policy arrangements with a view to avoiding future economic crises (debate Wednesday, vote Thursday).

Wednesday EbS 14:00, 14:05 CET  Infoclip  economic governance

Wednesday EbS4 19:00 CET Statements by rapporteurs

Thursday EbS2 14:45 extracts from the votes

Wednesday EbS 4 19:05 CET MEPs debate

Wednesday EbS+ LIVE from 15:00 debate

Thursday  EBS+ LIVE 12:00 vote

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Following an agreement with the Council, MEPs will hold the likely final vote on legislation to clarify the rights of shoppers, including in e-commerce (Thursday).

Thursday EbS2 14:50 CET extracts from the vote

Thursday  EBS+ LIVE 12:00 vote

Options for reform of agriculture and regional policy, which together account for the bulk of EU spending, will be debated and put to the vote (debates: CAP Wednesday, cohesion Thursday; votes: Thursday). The EP Press Service is organising a seminar for journalists on the CAP reform (Wednesday).

Wednesday EbS 14:10 CET Stockshots CAP viticulture

Wednesday EbS 14:20 CET Stockshots CAP meat processing

Wednesday EbS 3 17:40 CET The CAP towards 2020 informe Dess

Thursday EbS1 11:30 CET Cohesion policy, extracts from the joint debate

Thursday EbS2 14:40 CET extracts from the vote cohesion policy

Thursday EbS2 14:55 CET extracts from the vote CAP reform

Wednesday EbS+ LIVE from 15:00 debate

Thursday  EBS+ LIVE 12:00 vote

Thursday EbS+ LIVE 13:30 Press Conference by rapporteur  Albert Dess (EPP, DE)

Parliament is set to adopt its negotiating mandate for the 2012 budget (debate and vote Thursday).

Thursday EbS+ LIVE from 08:30 CET debate

Thursday EbS 1  11:30 CET extracts from the debate

MEPs will decide whether to back the proposed new ECB President (vote Thursday).

Thursday  EBS+ LIVE 12:00 vote

EbS2 14:35 CET exracts from the vote

Council and Parliament representatives will aim to agree on rules to ensure drivers who commit offences in an EU country other than their own do not avoid penalties  (Monday).

The Agriculture Committee is to vote on legislation improving the EU's food quality labelling schemes, such as those for products from a particular region (Tuesday).  This issue will be part of the above-mentioned seminar on the CAP (Wednesday), while another EP Press Service seminar will deal the separate issues of food package labelling and GMOs (Tuesday).

Tuesday EbS 08:30 CET Infoclip Food Quality

Tuesday EbS 08:40 CET Infoclip Food Labelling

Tuesday EbS 08:50 CET Infoclip GMO's

Tuesday EbS+ LIVE vote on Food Quality Schemes press conference by rapporteur Iratxe García Pérez (S&D, ES)

Tuesday EbS2 14:30CET  extracts from the vote on the report Iratxe García Pérez (S&D, ES).

Tuesday EbS1 14:30 CET E. Coli - exchange of views with Dacian Ciolos, EC Commissioner in the Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development

The EP President will make a working visit to Prague for meetings with the Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas and parliamentary leaders (Monday).  In Brussels, he have meetings with  the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev (Wednesday), the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and also, for the latest discussions on the future EU budget framework, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Commission President José Manuel Barroso (Thursday).

Wednesday EbS LIVE 15:35 CET Press point by EP President Jerzy  Buzek and Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Wednesday EbS3 17:30 CET EP-Azerbaijan extracts of the press point

Thursday EbS 1 11:30 CET EP President Jerzy Buzek meets Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherland

President Buzek will address the meeting of EU leaders before holding a press conference (Thursday evening, Justus Lipsius building).

Wednesday EbS3 17:30 CET Preparations for the European Council extracts from the Council and Commission statements

Wednesday EbS3 17:35 CET Preparations for the European Council, MEPs debate

Thursday EbS S 20:00 CET European Council arrival by EP President Jerzy Buzek, extracts from the press conference, final statements

Friday  EbS2  14:30  European Council, MEPs statements

Thursday EbS+ LIVE 17:45 CET Press Conference by EP Presidente Jerzy Buzek

The Committee on Foreign Affairs in association with the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries will hold an exchange of views with Nabil Al-Araby, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and incoming Secretary General of the Araba League.

Tuesday EbS1 11:30 CET EP Mashreq

Tuesday EbS+ 09:00 LIVE  EP - Mashreq countries

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